Deaf Cosmopolitanism: Calibrating as a Moral Process

Autor/inn/en	Moriarty, Erin; Kusters, Annelies
Titel	Deaf Cosmopolitanism: Calibrating as a Moral Process
Quelle	In: International Journal of Multilingualism, 18 (2021) 2, S.285-302 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Moriarty, Erin) ORCID (Kusters, Annelies)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1479-0718
DOI	10.1080/14790718.2021.1889561
Schlagwörter	Deafness; Global Approach; Correlation; Semiotics; Sign Language; Foreign Countries; Finger Spelling; Tourism; Cross Cultural Studies; Biblical Literature; Translation; Conferences (Gatherings); Moral Values; Informal Education; Second Language Learning; Written Language; Alphabets; Kenya; Brazil; Indonesia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Globales Denken; Korrelation; Semiotik; Gebärdensprache; Ausland; Fingeralphabet; Tourismus; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Bibel; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Geschriebene Sprache; Buchstabenschrift; Kenia; Brasilien; Indonesien
Abstract	Cosmopolitanism theory was mostly developed separately from the study of multilingualism: while language is central to cosmopolitanism as a practice, only a few scholars focusing on cosmopolitanism have taken a language-centred approach. We further theorise the relationship between cosmopolitanism and translingual practice with our focus on "morality" in relation to the use of the semiotic repertoire. The use of resources of the semiotic repertoire in translingual practice is infused with morality in that resources (such as languages, individual signs, mouthing, fingerspelling alphabets) are value laden and have particular associations or meanings in a given context. We explore and define deaf cosmopolitanism by offering examples from three international settings: deaf tourism in Bali, a sign language conference in Brazil, and a Bible translation centre in Kenya. Deaf people engaging in international mobilities align in communication by what they call 'calibrating'. In this process, mobile deaf people quickly adopt new semiotic resources by engaging in rapid, immersive and informal (sign) language learning, acquiring (bits of) new sign languages, mouthing, written words, and fingerspelling alphabets, and including them in their practice of calibrating. Our analysis centres language ideologies about these practices, demonstrating moral ideas about what strategies and semiotic resources are most appropriate in specific contexts and/or with/by whom. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01